Rural Medicine Community Experience Day A Success
The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) and the Ross Memorial Hospital (RMH) were pleased to host the seventh annual Rural Medicine Community Experience Day yesterday (April 17th , 2024). Forty-two University of Toronto medical students were in attendance.
The first-and-second year medical students participated in a hands-on workshop in suturing, along with sessions regarding wound care and dermatology. The students also engaged in a question-and-answer session with a panel of local family physicians regarding living and working in the City of Kawartha Lakes. As this group of students has already expressed interest in practicing rural medicine upon completion of their training, KLHCI is hopeful that this one-day event will encourage many of them to consider a future practice in CKL.
“KLHCI cannot coordinate an event such as this without strong support from the leadership and staff of the Ross Memorial Hospital, and the physicians who take part in the workshops and panel. We would like to thank Dr. Dawn Reid, Dr. Naomi Nicholson, Dr. Stuart Bothwell, Dr. Sara-Lynn Francis and Dr. Bruno Helt, along with Leanne Harding, RN for volunteering their expertise and passion for the day. Further thanks are extended to KLHCI board members and CKL community members who volunteered their time to guide the students throughout the day. Final thanks go to the Pie-Eyed Monk for providing a wonderful lunch,” says Andrew Veale, KLHCI President.
“On behalf of the medical students, we wish to express our appreciation to the University of Toronto Faculty Medical Society for the grant received to provide transportation and accommodations for the Rural Medicine Community Experience Day. We also wish to express our gratitude to KLHCI and the Ross Memorial Hospital for organizing this event” states Jeremy Penn and Samuel Murray, organizing committee of the UofT Rural Medicine Interest Group.
KLHCI is a non-profit, charitable organization whose mandate is to recruit and retain family doctors for the City of Kawartha Lakes. KLHCI is directed through the work of a volunteer Board of Directors that is actively engaged in attracting new Board members from the community. Should you wish to support our efforts of ongoing recruitment and retention of family doctors in this manner, or through a financial donation, please contact Cindy Snider, Recruitment & Retention Coordinator at 705-328-6098 or csnider@rmh.org, or visit the KLHCI website at www.kawarthalakesdoctors.org.
